There are too many websites suggesting useless alternatives to Adsense. It seems many of these lists recommend the old boring crowd, which come with low
You won’t find that here, as I have no ad agency to push. I’m a real internet marketer who just wants to find the best contextual ad networks with integrity, who pay the highest fees.
Adsense is good, but there are contextual Ad networks paying more than Adsense. What’s called ADX is like the premium version of AdSense, but it’s not available to small and medium-sized publishers. For those to get into ADX they need to go through a ‘Google verified partner’ – these is what many of these recommendations are.
They are using what is called header bidding technology and often pit their ads against Adsense. If done correct it can generate more income. And there are some decent companies doing a good job at it.
What does an alternative need to have?
- They need to be a contextual ad network. A contextual ad network means they are a real alternative. There are other ad networks which are not contextual, (for example infolinks.com or revenuehits.com). They can be used in conjunction but shouldn’t be considered an alternative.
- They need to pay more than Adsense. If they don’t pay more or at least the same, then they cannot be considered a good alternative.
- They need to have a history of paying on time. That is a reputable company with a history of treating customers right.
Best of the Bunch
So what are the REAL best
There are some good ones out there if you look. I get regular emails from new ad
1. Ad Thrive

Highlights:
- Strict acceptance policy
- over 100,0000 monthly pageviews needed
- All sites who have joined earn more
Majority of traffic should beUSA
This is the creme de la creme. They are tough to get in though, rejecting 75 percent of applicants, and also have a long waiting list. But if you get over 100,000 impressions monthly and have a quality blog – go for them.
Adthrive is a synonym for quality.
Take a look at your site individually and make ad layout suggestions which most likely will be more ads. They do like a lot of ads on pages.
But large pages are ok to have multiple ads on. Even Adsense stopped the three ad cap a while ago. Though they are picky with their acceptance – a high traffic site with mostly USA visitors is what they are after.
A revenue for a site went up over 100 percent moving to them from Adsense.
2. Media Vine

Highlights:
- over 25k monthly sessions needed
- Quality websites with USA/ UK / CA traffic
- Friendly support staff
- Good for blog content sites
If you get rejected by Adthrive, or you don’t have enough impressions, these are the ones to go with. You will need to have 25,000 sessions. They are a good second choice.
3. Ezoic

Highlights:
- high acceptance rate with no minimum monthly pageviews
- invitation needed for premium publisher
- ad and layout testers for higher
ecpm - must point nameservers to
ezoic
I’ve used Ezoic for several sites for a number of years now. They have helpful
You can link your Adsense account in the
I found
One criticism people have is the need to point nameservers to ezoic. I have found
I also highly recommend you enroll in their premium publishing program. I have found
If the companies below reject you because of traffic quality, or you don’t have enough monthly pageviews, it’s really good to at least give
4. Value Impression

Highlights:
- Desires over
100,000 month impressions (but you could negotiate) - Multiple payment terms (net-0 / net-7 / net-30)
Reletively new company out of Vietnam
I moved a site here recently after one of their representatives contacted me. It was a website that was sitting around but was getting around 3-4k daily visitors.
I was impressed with the
They told me that ecpm would increase over the following month and they were spot on. It started creeping up.
I’d never heard of this company until one of the representatives reached out. They also have a sleek
My site I gave to them to put ads on makes more than it would with Adsense.
Currently Testing
Here are a few companies I’m testing out. Will update later once they been tested a bit. But here are there links if you want to take a look.
Pix Future

Monumetric

Ones to Avoid!
I want to mention some to avoid because of low
These may look tasty with some sleek website design. But there claims and charm fall down when reality sets in.
I keep some experimental websites with some of them, just to see if they will improve their performance. Just to keep an eye on them.
Adpushup

These guys may be
I tried for over six months to get the other 2 sites
So now I just leave one site on there to keep my finger in the pie to see if they improve. I moved the other two sites onto greener pastures. I do think Adpush has potential, and I think the lack of responsiveness from customer service is more to their growth. So I’ve placed them on the avoid list for the time being. I’ll keep an eye on them as i would hope they would improve.
Monetize More

They just did not give very high ecpm despite claims on their website. I gave them a good shot with some high traffic sites, but the ecpm was less than Adsense. They may have worked for some people but I cannot recommend them.
Admedia.com

I tried these guys for over a month. Maybe they are trying to call themselves a cross breed of Adsense and Media.net(?) The first day started promising getting $2.72, but as the month wore on the revenue got lower and lower. I kinda expected it.
The reviews on the internet I was checking out were very poor. Most had to do with AdMedia not paying them. Despite the red
But as you can see from the image below, it got lower, and lower and lower. When it got below 0.50
For a site pulling in 15,000 pageviews daily – I had to jump ship, and fast! I won’t be going back anytime soon.
Media.net

I had high hopes when these came onto the scene in 2010, as a real Adsense alternative. But they quickly disappointed with incredibly low
I think they have become the premium garbage dump place for sites to put ads on who got banned by Adsense or can’t get accepted by any other network – they are better than
Summing it all up
So many of the recommendations above are smaller companies, and that means you get real deep help and great customer service.
So which one should
- 10k-25k impression I’d go with ezoic.com
- 25k-100k impressions I’d go with mediavine.com
- over 100k impressions I’d go with adthrive.com
Before you start worrying about monetization though, make sure your priority is to get traffic. Many of the ones I’ve recommended require a certain traffic level.
Monetizing a site is the last step, focus on wowing your audience with amazing content first. You can do it.